"Adjacent to the masonry house is a burial ground in use from the 4th century through the first half of the 6th century. Approximately 60 individual inhumation burials have been unearthed, arranged in rows that are increasingly dense with graves as they approach the dwelling. The deceased were buried in cysts formed by reused tegulae (large clay roof tiles) or by rubble walls that supported wooden planks. They were placed in the graves in supine position facing west, north or south."
"The burials contain artifacts including coins, bronze jewelry, amber beads and locally-produced pottery that attest to the funerary rites of the period. The site, excavated prior to construction of a housing development, was on the outskirts of the ancient town. Archaeologists found remains ranging in date from the Roman era to the Modern Era, with the earliest being a wood post quadrangular structure dating to the late 1st century B.C./early 1st century A.D.)."
Excavations at Bourget-du-Lac uncovered a necropolis used from the 4th century through the first half of the 6th century, with one later tomb from the 7th/8th centuries. Remains range from the Roman era to the Modern Era, including an earlier wood-post quadrangular structure (late 1st century B.C./early 1st century A.D.) later replaced by a masonry building. A well-preserved kiln dated to the 3rd–4th centuries lies adjacent. Approximately sixty inhumations were arranged in rows near the dwelling, placed in tegulae cysts or rubble-lined graves, supine and oriented west, north, or south. Grave goods include coins, bronze jewelry, ivory bangles, amber beads, and locally-made Portout clay-coated pottery, some deliberately broken.
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